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5 O’ Clock Friday’s

August 27th, 2010

After I finished submitting Kimmie’s 5 O’ Clock Friday’s submission, I had to make a mad dash to the kitchen to stir my soup before the noodles stuck to the bottom of the pan. While on my way back, I grabbed my iPhone from the charger so I could share with you the picture that I took today around 5. I was actually working during that time and Mister M. was sleeping soundly beside me. He was so sweet and peaceful that I couldn’t help but think he’d make the ‘purr’fect subject for this week’s submission.

Feel free to take a picture today at around 5 and either 1- send it to me at lori in care of this website (simplywizardress.com) or 2- upload it to your own blog and let me know and I’ll link you from here. I always love seeing what people will come up with each week.

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Weird Weather

August 24th, 2010

I think we are having some of the weirdest weather I’ve ever seen.   In addition to having minimal hurricane force winds for the past couple of days- one minute the sun is shining and the next it is literally pouring with hail falling everywhere.   

Marcel, JJ and I took advantage of the lull in the storm so that we could let JJ do his ‘doggie bizness’ and also let him run and get out some of his excess energy.   Trust me, you can tell by his behavior when this doesn’t happen.   We got finished playing and I decided that we had to take the long way home (much to Marcel’s protests), even though I knew the bottom would probably fall out of the sky.   It did.  Marcel and JJ decided to stop and take shelter under a willow tree, along with a lady and her golden lab.   I stayed with them until the lightening started- then I told them they were on their own.   Needless to say, Marcel and JJ followed as I jetted out of there.

I actually thought it was funny and even as I type this, I’m soaking wet.   I’m headed to the bath though to warm up.   Between the wind and rain, I’m freezing.   Twenty minutes later-  the sun is shining.    I’m sure it won’t last for long if the rest of the day is any indication of what’s to come.   All you have to do is blink and you’ll see a weather change.

The silver lining is that at least I got a little running in- and JJ was right beside me the entire way.

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Here Kitty Kitty

June 10th, 2010

 

While Marcel and I were having dinner tonight, Mister Mistoffelees decided that he would spend a little time on the computer. Some of you may know that he used to be quite famous in cyber space when he had his very own blog called, “Cat Tales”. He actually expressed an interest in possibly blogging again. I guess we’ll have to wait and see. Maybe I’ll let him guest blog on here sometime. After all, now that we have JJ in the house, he really has even more adventures to share.

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Fly By Weekends and Brilliant Puppies

April 25th, 2010

The weekend has flown by and I’m still trying to figure out exactly where it went, but one thing for sure- is that it’s been a great one. I slept in for two days in a row (Thanks JJ), plus I’ve got my exercise groove on, and spent time with wonderful friends.

In addition- I’ve also found that I have the most brilliant pup on the face of the earth. Today, I told Marcel that I was going to see if he’d jump over this small guard railing and Marcel didn’t think he’d do it. Since I’ve trained him recently to jump on the park benches at the command of “Up Up” (Up alone means stand on your hind legs and dance- one that we’re still mastering, but he’s got it almost perfect), I was certain that he’d hop right over that little railing, at least with a little prompting. Marcel was not convinced- said he didn’t think he’d do it, and about that time I snapped my fingers on the other side of the railing, said “Up Up” and without hesitating he flew over the railing.

I screamed with joy- (Yes, it’s the little things) and just to make sure it wasn’t a fluke I said it again and voila’ he did it again! Next time, I’m going to make a little video, because it’s just too cute not to.

A great week is on the horizon and I’m looking forward to all it has to offer.

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JJ and Pals

April 19th, 2010

I just got back from a walk/play session with JJ and he is now officially tuckered out. At least until he hears me pulling the vacuum cleaner out, and he’ll go ballistic. I’m not sure what it is about the vacuum, but it drives him batty.

After we’d finished our little walk, I found a stick that didn’t look like he could eat it in one gulp and we started playing. He still hasn’t learned what the meaning of ‘let go’ means (actually probably knows exactly what it means, but he prefers to protest because he doesn’t WANT to let the stick go) so I have to wrestle the stick out of his mouth while telling him 100 times to let it go. IF he does let it go, he’ll look at me and the second I try to get it, he’ll throw his paws over the top of it and put his head down low so it makes it difficult to retrieve. It reminds me so much of the dog we had named Cocoa when I was growing up.

JJ has two little friends who are Welsh Corgie puppies. Their names are Luna and Onyx. They are absolutely adorable and belong to the same owner and they love to play together. I should have taken the ‘eye’ with me today, because seeing JJ, Luna and Onyx together is hilarious. I had no idea that we’d run into them or I would have. They immediately wanted to play with JJ’s stick but he wanted no part of that. He growled at them, so I took the stick and he ignored them, jumping like a kangaroo because he wanted his stick and I was holding it.

Eventually I gave him back the stick and he ran around prancing and acting as though he owned the world. Then he noticed that Luna and Onyx had a stick so he decided he wanted HIS stick AND THEIRS, so he bullied them (or tried to, until I came to the rescue). I tried teaching him it’s nice to share, but when he happened to let the stick fall out of his mouth and one of them grabbed it, he wasn’t amused. I found it hilarious, but the owner did make them give it back.

Who says that animals aren’t like kids?

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Introducing- 5 O’ Clock Friday’s

April 9th, 2010

Today is the first edition of what I hope to be many 5 O’ Clock Friday’s. The idea is to take a picture of whatever grabs your attention at 5 O’ Clock and then either send it this way so I can share it with the masses, or let me know where to find it so I can link what you’ve come up with.

Since my own 5 O’ Clock has come and gone, this is what I was able to photograph in my surroundings at 5. One of my favorite guys protecting his World Cup soccer ball. Surprisingly he has a few moves like a soccer player. We bought him the ball when we were out and about yesterday and he adores it. So much so, that he won’t be caught sharing with the likes of the adorable Mister M.

Now that I’ve shown you mine; it’s your turn to show me yours.

Email me at lori at this domain (simplywizardress.com) with your picture, link etc. You’ll receive full credit for your photo and it’s open to ANYONE not just bloggers. So find some inspiration in your surroundings and I can’t wait to see what y’all come up with.

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Smiles and Sunny Days

April 6th, 2010

It has been a busy, but productive day. Marcel is finally feeling a little better and aside from being tired all the time, the pain has almost subsided. I was up early this morning and in spite of getting an early start, work took longer than usual simply because I was distracted by the sunshine. I guess that happens when you haven’t seen the sunshine in a while. It was beautiful and I found myself distracted by the birds who were flitting around outside the window that I was sitting near.

Probably the thing that amazed and distracted me the most is the crow that took a huge ball of cat hair that I’d left in a flower pot and flew away with it to line its nest. I left the hair in a small flower pot intentionally because I had seen a tiny little sparrow type bird take some out of the brush I’d accidentally left out. This time, when I brushed Mister M. I put all the excess hair out of the brush into the small pot. When I saw the huge black crow appear and look around as though he were about to steal the Hope Diamond, I was mesmerized.

Needless to say, I’m hoping to get a little video of this happening so that I can share it with y’all. First, I need to brush Mister M. again, but that will come tomorrow. Once I did finally get finished with work, Marcel and I headed out for the afternoon to look at paint and also some new things for outside. I’m in the beginning stages of creating a new ‘colorful’ look and I can’t wait. Since that’s also my work place when the sun is shining, I want it to reflect things that make me smile, and ‘cheerful colors’ always make me smile.

My plans to spend time on the elliptical were foiled when we spent too much time away from home, but we did go for a 1 1/2 hour walk with JJ after dinner and had a wonderful time when we met up with another “Toto” doggie and spent about a half hour talking to the owner who was as delightful as the doggie.

Now, it’s bath and coffee time- then Cougar Town and Ugly Betty.

I have so much to talk about, I’ve just got to find the time to write about it all. There are only so many hours in the day and I’m trying to make the most out of each and every one of them.

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*Plop*

March 25th, 2010

Since JJ is a terrier and they are born hunters we have to be very careful with letting him go anywhere without a leash. In fact, he doesn’t go anywhere without one, partly because he doesn’t listen well enough to go without one, and also because I have visions of him seeing a bird or someone on a bicycle and deciding that it would be fun to chase them. I know he wouldn’t return until he was ready and no amount of yelling “COOKIE” (the word that usually stops him dead in his tracks and running towards me) would make a difference.

After dinner I thought it would be nice to take JJ on the other side of the canal where he really didn’t have any danger of getting away from me, so I could remove the leash and play ‘balley balley’ with him. I actually couldn’t find his rubber ball, so it ended up being a rubber bone, but we still call it ‘balley balley’. I don’t think he realized that he was ‘free’ to run and do what he wanted because he never ventured far from us. He was happy and content playing and running around and it is the most heartwarming thing ever to see him ‘smile’.

I decided at a certain point to toss the ‘balley balley bone’ in the direction of Marcel and wouldn’t you know it bounced twice (which it hadn’t been doing) and landed with a huge PLOP in the canal. JJ stopped dead in his tracks at the waters edge and gave me this look as if to say, “Now what?” Marcel was with us at my urging, simply because he hasn’t been out of the house in days and I thought it would be good for him.

He commented that the bone was lost, and I assured him that I would retrieve it. I think I caught him rolling his eyes as I walked past him in search of a large stick. I found one in the bushes which happened to have a V at the end of it, and when I got to the waters edge I could see a glimpse of red in the bottom of the brown, murky water. At first I had this bright idea that I would scoop up the bone by balancing it on the V, but I quickly saw that wasn’t happening. Instead, I drug the bone across the bottom of the canal, tossed the stick and laid down on the ground. I pulled up my sleeve, and stuck my hand in the nasty water and retrieved the bone. If JJ could have, I think he would have squealed with glee. Needless to say, I won’t be tossing the bone near the water again, but at least the bone is safe and sound beside JJ inside the crate.

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Sunshine on My Shoulders

March 21st, 2010

I don’t know about you, but I absolutely LOVE it when the weather predictions are wrong. Yesterday was cold, rainy, windy and just overall dreary. I didn’t expect much better for today because the rain and dark clouds appeared to be making themselves at home, but I guess that goes to show that things are not always as they may appear.

I was up this morning at 7:30 with JJ and even then there were enough grey clouds lingering to make me wonder. By the time 9:30 rolled around and I was walking JJ again the blue skies were becoming more and more obvious as the clouds disappeared.

It has turned into a gorgeous day. I LOVE to feel the sunshine on my shoulders and kissing my face. it’s so perfect outside that I took JJ and Mister M. outside for a little grooming. As you can see from the picture below, Mister M. shares my sentiments in loving the sunshine.

I think I’ll spend the rest of the day outside. After all, who wants to be inside in this weather? Certainly not I.

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Weird Dreams

March 19th, 2010

This morning I was able to sleep a little late thanks to my darling pets who both decided that they were feeling a little lazy this morning. Sometime this morning I had a weird dream that one of my neighbors called to ask me if JJ could be the ring bearer in her wedding. As if that weren’t weird enough, she said that she needed to take him for tuxedos fitting, and that she’d bring him back in several hours. She took him, but didn’t bring him back. She told me he got lost, but I think she stole him. The last thing I remember, I was sitting on the sofa in someone elses living room (because it wasn’t my sofa I was sitting on) crying and I woke up. (Enter Twilight Zone music)

I didn’t eat anything strange last night, but that dream was definitely on the strange side. Even though my little four legged members of the family slept late, they both ate and went back to sleep. I hope it remains this peaceful all day long.

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